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Girl's Initiation Headdress

Tembé

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Tembé. Girl's Initiation Headdress, 20th century. Feathers, cotton, plastic buttons, 20 1/4 × 15 × 2 1/2 in. (51.4 × 38.1 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ingeborg de Beausacq, 64.248.30. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Tembé

Title

Girl's Initiation Headdress

Date

20th century

Medium

Feathers, cotton, plastic buttons

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

20 1/4 × 15 × 2 1/2 in. (51.4 × 38.1 × 6.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Ingeborg de Beausacq

Accession Number

64.248.30

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Artists and makers

Tembé

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